Type-transfer device.



J( J'. ZEITZ. TYPE TRANSFER DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1909..

1,049,965. Patented Jan.7,1913.

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.y' @m15 We@ JOHN J. ZEITZ, OIE' CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEAMERICAN MULTIGRAPH COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIG, A CORPORATION OF GHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 24, 1909.

)Patented Jan. i, im Serial No. 497,901.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN J. Znirz, a citi-vzen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Type-Transfer Devices, of which the'following is a full,clear,

.'and exact description, reference beingv had to the accompanyingdrawings.

The' object of this invention is to provide a simple and efficientdevice for assisting in the transfer of type beween holders thereof. Thedevice is adapted primarily for use between a holder for a single row oftype and a member having a plurality of type holders, and. comes intoplay either when the form is being assembled by shoving lines from thesingle row onto the plural holder or. when the form is being distributedfrom the latter holder or portions of it temporarily removed forcorrection.

In the particular form shown, my transfer device 1s designed tocooperate on onev side with a type holder in the form ot a tube having alongitudinal slot, and on the other side with a member havingr aplurality ot rails with over-hanging edges providingr type-holdingchannels between them. My device furnishes the means forinsuring thealinelnent 'between the type channel ot the Split tube andtl'ietselected channel ot they col'ierating member. In tho iorm o't'Athe device shown the parts are particularly arranged 'for use with typegroovcd on its opposite sides. My holder is equally adaptable for usewith a multi-channeled meinber extcnding'in a plane, or are shaped, orcylindrical, as desired.

The invention includes broadly a device adapted to clamp itself to theinulti-ohanneled member and provide means for holding the single-rowholder. My device is pret'- erably made of a single piece ot sheet metalcut and bent to produce the result desired. The specific forni, as wellas the broad idea, is` included within my inventioi'i.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my transfer device inuse with a multi-channeled type holder and a single` row holder; Fig. 2is an enlarged plan oi my device associated with the two holders;

Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections on correspondingly numbered lines inFig. Q looking toward my transfer device; Fifi. 5 is a perspective viewof a standard multigraph type as set out in their Patent 836,026, withwhich my device is well adapted to eooperate.

.ltefcrring to the parts by letters, A represents the multi-channeledtype holding member which may be a storage member or a printing'surface, either curved or flat. This member' is provided with aplurality of rails o which have overhanging edges, whereby under-cntchannels are provided adapted to confine rows of type groovcd on itsopposite edges. Fig. 5 represents such type, indicated by T. The typehas a base 15 and a shank t. The shanlts are adapted to occupy the spacebetween the enlarged heads of the rail while the base stands below theseheads.

represents the holder t'or the vsingle row oiE type, this holdercomprising', as shown, a, tube having a longitudinal slot The width otthis slot. is substantially the saule as the distance between the headsoli the rails fl..

lily invention provides a suitable connecting member between the tube land the mnlti-channeled member A, whereby the tube may be held inaliueinent with any ot' the channels in said member and type freelytransferred from oneI to the other. My device, as a whole, is designatedC. It eomprises, as shown, a single piece of sheet metal cut and bent lograsp the member A and also the member B. 'lo this end the sheet mctaldevice has the following portions, nainely: two substantially flatportions e connected by a depending partially eylinfilrical o rtroughdilie portion o; downwardly extending reinforcing edge iianges r2;downwardly turned resilient tongues c adapted to 'lrietionally grasp theouter ,sides oi a pair ot' adjacent, rails a. .t he tongues c" are bentinward. slightly at their lower portions, as shown in Fig. 3, to obtaina hold beneath the heads of the rails. The tongues es are provided fromthe original plane of metal by making transverse slots and bending themetal between the slots downwardly. To provide a good job, these slotsare preferably carried outwardly slightly beyond the bend of thetongues, as shown at o* and a". Similarly the inner edge of the bend ofthe trough-like portion c is defined by a slot o. The plane of the metalbetween the slots c and c and between the slot c* and/the end of thedevice form projections adapted to lie on the face of the rails, asshown 1n Figs. 2 and 3.

It will be seen from the above that my de' vice may be made very simplyof sheet metal'. It is put in place simply by being shoved endwise intothe multi-channeled type holder and holds itself -in place by the ,gripof the tongues on the rails. When 1n the same transfer device isutilizable with the multi-channeled member in the form of an arc ordrum. The. spring tongues c3, take hold of the two adjacent rails withequal facility whether the rails are absolutely parallel or radial. Theanges czf are in the nature of reinforces, and are not formed to clampunder the heads of the rails so that it is immaterial whether the tworails edgacent to them actually contact with the at portions of thedevice or not. By making Y the clamping of the device simply on the tworailsbetween which the channel in action is located, my device mayoperate .as well with either of the extreme channels as with any of theintermediate channels.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: .i 1. Thecombination, with a multi-channeled member and an independenttypeh'older, of a connecting device having a pair of 'rejections toengage in channels ofthe mu tichanneled member, and a portion to extendabout and'slidably embrace said-typeholder. v

2. The combination with a multirailed member and a single-rowtypeholder, of a connecting device having a pair of projecn tionstoengage betweenrails, and means to receive the typeholder.

3; The combination with a multi-chan neled member, of a device having aresilient portion whereby it is adapted to be clamped thereto, andhaving means for holding a holder for an individual row of type.

4, The combination with a type holder menace having a plurality ofparallel rails with overhanging edges, a member having resilientportions adapted to engage said ra"s and support a holder for a row oftype.

5. The combination of atype holder havl ing a plurality of parallelrails with overhanging edges,` whereby said member may hold parallellines of individual grooved type, a device adapted to resiliently engagesome of such rails and frictionally hold` itself thereto, said devicebeingr formed tosupport a holder for anv individual row of type.

6. The combination of a type holder having a plurality of parallel railswith overhanging heads and a device adapted to rest on two adjacentrails and having tongues to resiliently engage the sides of saidrailsand act against lower corners of the heads thereof. i

7. The combination with a type holder havinga plurality of parallelrails with overhanging edges, and a type holder inthe form of a tubewith a longitudinal slot, of a connecting member having a pair oftongues adapted to engage some of the rails of the first mentioned typeholder and provided with means for slidably embracing said tube.

8. The combination with a type holder having a plurality of parallelrails, and a tube having a longitudinal slot, of a member made of asingle piece of sheet metal and having one portion bent to embrace thetube andl another portion bent to presenttongues to engage the rails. y

9. A device of the character specified made of a single piece of sheetmetal and having resilient tongues, and a trough-like portion formed toembrace a tube.

10. A device of thc character specified having in combination twolongitudinal portions, a connecting portion not extending Ithe fulllength of the longitudinal portion,

andv a projection from-,each longitudinal portion beyond the endofthe-connecting p01- tion.

by a trough li e portion terminating short of the longitudinal portions,said longitudinal portions having tongues beyond the ends of the troughlike portion.

12. A device of the character specified having` in oorfubination` twolongitudinal orn` tions, a connecting portion not exten ing `the fulllength of the longitudinalportions,

tongues on eachlongitudinal portion beyond the end of the connectingportion, said longitudinal poi'lions projecting toward each otheradjacent to the ends of said tongues.

13. A device of the character specified made of a single piece of sheetmetal and having in combination two longitudinal portions, a troughdikeconnecting portion and a tongue on each longitudinaly portion be- 11.device .of the character specified having two longitudinal portionsconnected icol i yond the end of the connecting portion, each certainrails and provided with a portion toy embrace said type holder. 10

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

JOHN J. ZEITZ.

of said longitudinal portions being provided on its outer edge with ureinforcing ange.

14. The combination, with a member havl ing a'plurality of paralleloverhanging rails l providing type channels and a typo holder lVitnessest which iti-i5 desired to aline therewith, of a ALBERT H.BATES, connecting device having tongues to engage BRENNAN B'. WEST.

